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unlock

dcrlncli unlock - Unlock an encrypted wallet at startup.

Usage

   dcrlncli unlock [command options] [arguments...]

Description

The unlock command is used to decrypt dcrlnd’s wallet state in order to start up. This command MUST be run after booting up dcrlnd before it’s able to carry out its duties. An exception is if a user is running with --noseedbackup, then a default passphrase will be used.

Options

Option Info
--recovery_window value Address lookahead to resume recovery rescan, value should be non-zero – To recover all funds, this should be greater than the maximum number of consecutive, unused addresses ever generated by the wallet. (default: 0)